significantly change the Gini coefficient in nearly any of the counterfactual scenarios. However, migration reduced poverty by 40 … per- cent, with different effects across regions for extreme poverty. Foreign transfers, especially foreign pensions, have …

In this paper, we examine the effect of migrants’ remittances on poverty and inequality. The survey data were collected … scenario without remittances; this is then compared with its current income. We find that the poverty rate and the …

insecurity in terms of monetary poverty. Using a Malian survey that incorporates exceptionally detailed information on food …

This article attempts to assess empirically the impact of remittances on household expenditure and relative poverty in … poverty. The results show a statistically significant and positive impact of hose remittances on recipient households …’ expenditures. They are also significantly associated with a decline in the probability of being in poverty for rural households; it …

impact in terms of poverty reduction is important in both projects involved in this type of analysis (Modernization of …

in farm incomes and a decline in poverty levels. Our main policy conclusion here is that the commercialization of … agriculture can be conducive to a sustainable increase in smallholder incomes and reduction of poverty levels; however, policies …

we show that the plausible policy decision depend on parameters describing the balance between poverty and program … exclusion risk. In the Tunisian case, only a much larger weight put on poverty relatively to exclusion could bring the decision …

The aim of this article is to analyse in depth the interactions of growth and poverty in Syria, which undertook reforms … agriculture a decreasing one. Agricultural and land-policy reforms could have had a negative impact on poverty, despite their …